PROCEEEDINGS 



of the 



Forty=Eighth Annual Meeting 



of the 



American Fisheries Society 



NEW YORK CITY 

 September 9, 10 and 11, 1918 



Opening Session, Morning, September 9, 1918. 



The Forty-eighth Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries 

 Society was convened in New York City, in the Waldorf-Astoria 

 Hotel, on the morning of September 9, 1918. Mr. Henry O'Malley, 

 the President of the Society, presided throughout the various 

 sessions. 



The members present were requested to register. Fifty-four 

 members were present at the opening session and twenty-six 

 registered later, making a total of eighty-one members present 

 during the meeting. Twenty-four States, the District of Columbia, 

 Canada and China were represented. 



President O'Malley appointed the following Committees: 



Committee on Nominations: Messrs. Henry B. Ward, Geo. H. 

 Graham, A. H. Dinsmore, Eben W. Cobb and S. M. Cowden. 



Committee on Time and Place of Meeting: Messrs. John P. 

 Woods, T. Roualt, Geo. D. Pratt, Grant E. Winchester and John 

 M. Crampton. 



Program Committee: Geo. C. Embody, Adrian Thomas and 

 Carlos Avery. 



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